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Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act or the POSTAL Act.
Section 2
2. Limitation on closing or consolidating Postal Service processing and distribution centers in States In this section: The term processing and distribution center means a central mail facility that— distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area; provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch. The term State means a State or the District of Columbia. The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State.